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Purim celebrations in Israel and Palestine
GlobalPost
March 22, 2012 · 10:08 AM EDT
By
Talia Ralph
Ultra Orthodox Jews celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim on March 8, 2012 in Benei Brak, Israel. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as described in the Book of Esther.
Uriel Sinai
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